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Just a note for those interested in the current state of things, this bill is currently in conference between the House and Senate to marry the bills to one ano
by atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Just a note for those interested in the current state of things, this bill is currently in conference between the House and Senate to marry the bills to one another as the initial versions in each was significantly different. Likely in the coming weeks we'll see an announcement of a new final bill from the conferees (think leadership of each party and the influential congresspeople) and then the new bill will be voted on quicklyish barring some unexpected political event that takes precedent. But they will need to do it soon as there are not that many days left on the legislative calendar. For those interested in staying up to date, I recommend Punchbowl news highly, they had a newsletter a few weeks ago with a good amount of info. https://punchbowl.news/archive/4-25-22-punchbowl-news-am/ https://punchbowl.news/archive/4-25-22-punchbowl-news-am/
- Cipater 4y agoIs it correct to state that it is not the members of Congress themselves writing these bills but the stakeholders (industry)?
- atlasunshrugged 4y agoI think that's an oversimplification. Do stakeholders have lots of input? I'm sure, after all, I also wouldn't build a product without asking potential end users what they really wanted. But with something this high profile (and with an actual chance of passing, unlike most bills in Congress), I'd guess that Congresspeople are actually personally invested in their priorities that are in the bill (maybe those are partially written by industry, maybe not).